Skaters wearing glasses for video parts?

[iKobrakai]

Jessie Newhaus (I know I butchered that name). He skated for Fun skateboards in the early 90's.

Side note. I grew up wearing glasses (still do, contacts often though). I thought for a long time I could never be a good skateboarder because all of the pros didn't wear glasses. Whenever I'd see someone in a mag or video wearing glasses it made me so happy. It gave me hope. And guess what, I still suck.

Muska said that he had terrible vision but skating with glasses made him scared because everything was clear.

I use contacts as well.

[Pavementi]

Gottwig

[WearTimsInTheSummer]

Justin Brock

[Burt Ward]

I one stepped into a bar once and got laughed at by some Exploited looking Mohawk dudes who laughed it me cos "haha. "A skateboarder with glasses".

[treflips_up_yer_nan]

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Bryan Herman Sunglasses, he mentioned some issue with the Sun and depth perception.

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I have the same issue. If its remotely sunny I need sunglasses or I can't even see for real. Bright blue eyes blow.

For real summer time is a pain in the ass every surface turns into a potential headache

[shingles]

Watching Tyler Bledsoe's part in Mind Field and seeing that he's a glasses wearing dude has got me wondering - aside from him, who else in skateboarding has worn glasses for a video part?

What you mean by "for a video part"? So he wore the glasses only for that part and then got rid of it? To promote his bad vision or get extra points for being handicapped?

[Giza Butler]

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Jessie Newhaus (I know I butchered that name). He skated for Fun skateboards in the early 90's.

Side note. I grew up wearing glasses (still do, contacts often though). I thought for a long time I could never be a good skateboarder because all of the pros didn't wear glasses. Whenever I'd see someone in a mag or video wearing glasses it made me so happy. It gave me hope. And guess what, I still suck.

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Muska said that he had terrible vision but skating with glasses made him scared because everything was clear.

I use contacts as well.

I've started skateboarding without glasses and ended up having to wear them around 3/4 years ago. It's a huge change of prospective actually seeing what's going on clearly and being able to asset distances. It has surely slowed down my skating, plus there's the fear factor of smacking them + your face/eyes. (in case you're wondering, no I cannot wear contacts)

[Chatbot]

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Jessie Newhaus (I know I butchered that name). He skated for Fun skateboards in the early 90's.

Side note. I grew up wearing glasses (still do, contacts often though). I thought for a long time I could never be a good skateboarder because all of the pros didn't wear glasses. Whenever I'd see someone in a mag or video wearing glasses it made me so happy. It gave me hope. And guess what, I still suck.

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Muska said that he had terrible vision but skating with glasses made him scared because everything was clear.

I use contacts as well.

My eyes are really bad and I can't imagine skating without clear vision.

I can picture Muska tailsliding a big hubba then asking how many stairs that was.